STEPH MCGOVERN, the BBC Breakfast host, has opened up about a majorly awkward celebrity encounter while on Chris Evans' Virgin Radio Breakfast Show.

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Steph McGovern, 37, the host of Easy Ways To Live Well, has confessed to one very uncomfortable celebrity encounter she had while on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, on her podcast, Not Bad For A Monday. She revealed her "best ever forced-hug story" to her listeners and co-hosts, Claire and producer, Geoff.

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Steph then went on: “And I did the thing of thinking, what do I even say? Do I say, Mr Bono? I don’t know.”

The TV star then described the details of their first encounter, as she said: “I put my hand out to shake his hand, and he didn’t reciprocate.”

After Claire and Geoff were shocked by Steph’s revelation, the Easy Ways To Live Well star revealed: “I did the classic hand behind the head to stroke my hair, and then he just grabbed hold of me and hugged me!”

In response to Steph’s confession, Geoff butted in and joked: “While your hand was behind your head," leading the three of them to laugh. She confirmed: “Pretty much.”

Claire followed it up with: “That’s a nightmare. Really?” to which Steph replied: “So you would think that somebody that big wouldn’t want that kind of thing.”(SIC)

Reflecting back to the time of her awkward encounter, Steph continued: “Yeah he hugged me. Bono hugged me. But I was like, what?!”

Still thinking about what Steph had just revealed, Claire said: “The fact that he was quite embracing,” which the BBC host replied with: “Yeah because it wasn’t creepy, it was just like, oh nice to meet you.”

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“I just feel like that’s something a big celeb wouldn’t do. It’s quite nice that he gave you that time,” Claire concluded.

Steph hosts Easy Ways To Live well alongside Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, 55, and the presenter previously admitted she was doing “a terrible job” in terms of looking after herself before falling pregnant.

After the star had tests to analyse her faeces, she revealed to The Times: “I eat c**p to keep me going when I’m working very early.”

She continued: “But I was genuinely upset and embarrassed by what they found in my poo.”